http://www.educationreport.org/Education Policy Initiative of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy(c) 2008, Mackinac Center for Public Policy5"An aviation school in Michigan is one example of a new generation of public charter schools designed to serve niche audiences."http://www.educationreport.org/13492Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT"A 10-year-old Windsor boy who completed part of his education in Michigan is being denied entry to public high school in Windsor even though he's completed the eighth-grade curriculum."http://www.educationreport.org/13488Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"Principal John Hoving is using Facebook as a way to promote Bay City All Saints Central School as well as to head off possible cyber bullying."http://www.educationreport.org/13482Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"Royal Oak Public Schools students will be featured in an Oct. 12 episode of MTV's "If You Really Knew Me," a cable television program that the producer describes as "students trying to be accepted for who they are.""http://www.educationreport.org/13476Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"Public schools in Michigan were offered an automatic "A" on part of their annual state report card this year, a one-time arrangement that may have spared some from being unaccredited."http://www.educationreport.org/13475Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"More than 1,000 teacher retirements will allow Detroit Public Schools to recall all teachers from layoff and hire up to 300 more to fill staffing gaps."http://www.educationreport.org/13474Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"Inland Lakes Schools is considering hiring a private firm to provide custodial services as a way to save money, but a union representative says that new federal funding makes such a move unnecessary."http://www.educationreport.org/13463Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"The Michigan Community College Association predicts it will win a legislative battle this week over allowing community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees in specific areas."http://www.educationreport.org/13453Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"Michigan State University is investigating concerns raised by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy that some material in a study of school consolidation may have been plagiarized."http://www.educationreport.org/13445Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT"About half of Michigan's public school districts have complied with a new law requiring them to post financial data online, while about 31 percent have not."http://www.educationreport.org/13437Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT